#gauging time in stories

[yesterdayiwrote]

So... quick update on the Eurovision situation

The EBU decided that Israel can compete despite their country being under an active Genocide investigation by the ICJ. Their delegation have gone on to antagonise other contestants by filming them for their social media without permission and refusing to remove it when asked, harass journalists who have questioned if their inclusion is appropriate, and their commentators have made horrendous comments about the Irish contestant... all without sanction.

Meanwhile the Dutch contestant got into an undisclosed 'incident' with a female member of the production crew and they've referred it to the police and flat out disqualified him from the contest with less than 12 hours notice...

Which seems like a tremendous act of double standards at an event that is already marred by serious controversy. Obviously the second is not acceptable, but very difficult to understand how the first somehow... is?

[eyefocusing]

they mean everything to me fyi

[breannasfluff]

The Goddess of Time

Before

Somewhere, a shadow detaches from a wall and wraps long fingers around the gleam of blue porcelain. Artifacts may be protected, but not every enemy can be anticipated. Prize clutched in hand, the shadow vanishes, leaving an empty pedestal.

Somewhere, a goddess turns her gaze to the trembling wefts of Time. Under Her eye, a single thread breaks free, slipping from sight. Then, further along in the tapestry, a thread snaps, broken ends fraying in the not-light of her realm. This should not happen.

Yet there is another thread broken. Then another. They ping like taut wires, writhing as they snap. Something—or someone—is tearing holes in Time.

She may not be able to interfere directly, but there are those who can. All they need is a nudge in the right direction…

Mind made up, the goddess reaches into the tapestry and plucks—

Now

Link is holding a bunch of carrots in his elbow and tapping on the Purah Pad to withdraw payment. The merchant’s smile is unwavering, tracking the motion. Saving Hyrule twice earns him goodwill, but rarely a discount.

The pad chirps and the screen stutters. The last thing he needs is to hand back the carrots and slink off to Purah to get this fixed. Well, a smart rap is how Zelda solves most tech issues.

With this in mind, he smiles at the merchant and taps the pad on the counter sharply.

The world stutters—

Link is frozen, the pad still outstretched. There’s no counter. No merchant. There is, however, a bunch of carrots in his arm. And eight other people in the meadow, standing in a circle. All seem to be in similar states of surprise and confusion.

Tapping at the pad, he withdraws a demon carver, just in case. Then he flares his nostrils and sucks in a deep breath.

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[resdayn]

Please reblog for a bigger sample size!

[e-louise-bates]

I am about 18 pages into the introduction of Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year by Eleanor Parker, and am happy to report that not only does she cite references properly (and explains in the preface that some of the translations are her own work and that's why they don't have citations), she has also managed, in 18 pages (of merely the introduction!) to make a better case against the myth of the Dark Ages, without trying to make that exact point but merely as the result of discussing things like calendars and such, than the authors of The Bright Ages did in the entire 3/4 of the book that I read before I finally decided I had better things to do with my life and threw it aside.

[e77y]

Hiiii trying to kill time til my second audition of the day

[fandom-blackhole]

My friends, idk how, but im gonna figure out a way to share my final presentation with you guys for a class after I finish it. Because I'll be damned if I'm gonna be this passionate about this thing, do all the research, make a ppt AND cardboard tri-fold, and present this at a "Research Symposium" for 2 hours to whoever stops at my booth during finals week to not share with the people I like most 😤

Basically for the project we have to take a person or event and give background on them before analyzing them through a Social Psychology lense (bc the class is social psychology lol). AND GODS DO I LOVE SHIT LIKE THISSSSS. I will not be sharing what event I chose for two reason: 1) I want ya'll to read and learn about it through my post when I post it 😌 and 2) It's a REALLY obscure event from what I've gathered (like I barely have 5 sources for references and one's ONLY in german) and I doubt many would know what I was talking about.

[brainrotzora]

these things are always happening to the ones i like :////////

anyways the lighting in this dungeon is so nice

didn't get any good pics bc i was too busy dungeoning but so pretty...best dungeon music so far goes to snowcloak though btw

[kayzero]

in the spaces between not working on zwg and not finishing brother’s burden, i’ve been, uh…

thinking about something new.

[theprinceandthewitch]

Okay... now it's time to go back to my silly little game...

[someone-you-do-not-know]

I kinda miss how much statistical information ff.net gave users about their fanfictions. Like sure. It also encouraged users to go slightly insane over numbers and updating just to see number go up. But AO3 gives me no indication or clue on how many people have read my stories. Like, for all I know, based on the numbers, even those with the biggest numbers could technically only have been read by the number of people who left kudos – and guests could theoretically be left by the same person. And it's completely impossible to tell for ongoing multichapter stories whether people just left after the first chapter unless they leave a comment.

I just miss parts of ff.net.

[magentagalaxies]

i really want to start making a table collecting statistics on the audience demographics i'll perform my aubrey material for (like what generation most of the audience is, whether i'm performing in a predominantly queer space, etc.) and how well the jokes land bc like. i need to collect more data points before i can properly present my findings but the results so far have been fascinating

[my-soul-sings]

i’m honestly not sure how alive this fandom is anymore but will people still read TOT fic and specifically if I do a Kiss the Girl sequel thing? 

[eternal-reverie]

It’s happening I have oc brainrot!!!!

[reginrokkr]

𝐂𝐗𝐕. Dáinsleif's last act for Teyvat —threads of all fate reweaving—.

Sometimes I think about Dain's last act in this story being that he reweaves the threads of all fate, which makes me wonder: Is this related to the Abyss Order messing so badly with their Loom of Fate operation that needs to be undone? Is the constellation structure, most likely than not a control system (you can't tell me that the Archon War wasn't just that in order to get rid of all the several gods that existed in Teyvat save for very few in order to make it easier to control them and what they do :| )? Or maybe a combination of both? Whatever it is, it's the fact that the Traveler has to go over Dain first in order to do that which makes me believe that he can do it himself, alas—